Kokeshi dolls are Japanese wooden dolls.
There are so many kinds.
They are one of authorized traditional hand crafts by government.
That means we must hand down them to coming generations.

What is Kokeshi dolls?
Why Kokeshi dolls were born?
Where Kokeshi dolls were born?
How Kokeshi dolls were made and what for?

There are many questions that I have to answer.

Kokeshi dolls are the simplest dolls in the world.
They have just head and body.
(Some of them have hands or feet but some of them are just made from single part)
Then artists paint faces or body designs.
Artists need not only this skill of scrape a wood but also painting.

Kokeshi dolls are divided into 2 major categories.
“Dento (Traditional) Kokeshi dolls” and “Sousaku (Creative) Kokeshi dolls”

Dento Kokeshi dolls has rules to make.
Artists regard tradition very highly.
There are 11 families of Dento Kokeshi dolls.

On the other hand, Sousaku Kokeshi dolls don’t have any rules.
Artists can express their ideas very freely.
Some Sousaku Kokeshi dolls regard as art than dolls.

I think you cannot understand what the Kokeshi dolls are yet.
In this section, I will give you some information about Kokeshi dolls.

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